Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] out of [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the 1987 treaty on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces [ see p. 35602 ] the last of the US ground-launched nuclear-armed cruise missiles stationed in Europe under the 1979 NATO " twin-track " decision [ see pp. 30159-60 ] were flown out of the US base at Comiso , Sicily , on March 26 . |
| 2 | The party appointments came after the leadership had authorised a statement formally apologising to the Czechoslovak people for leading the country into its latest crisis , before they were hustled out of the building because the cleaners wanted to go home . |
| 3 | The lifters were tested three weeks ago and were booted out of the Olympics for taking Clenbuterol . |
| 4 | The winning department was given two tea sets and the names of the employees were picked out of a hat to find the winners . |
| 5 | A vacuum cleaner nozzle was inserted into a hole in the lining and all the wrinkles were sucked out of the material to leave a completely smooth , seamless finish . |
| 6 | Having read about the way in which Adam and Eve were beguiled out of the garden , Christians settle for being innocent as doves and leave others to be wise as serpents . |
| 7 | ‘ We were robbed out of the game , ’ said an angry Chapman . |
| 8 | After 1800 the railways increased this trade and docks were built out of the mudflats along the waterfront of the Humber itself . |
| 9 | Whether payments were made out of the temple 's revenues to sustain the king 's household is not known . |
| 10 | However , speaking to Hot Press 's George Byrne at a later date , Johnny Marr attempted to dispel the controversy surrounding Gannon : ‘ Things were made out of the situation which we did n't intend . |
| 11 | Substantial payments were made out of the Forest revenues for these and other purposes relating to the maintenance and upkeep of the castle . |
| 12 | He marvelled at the girl 's patience as her charge ran hither and thither , collecting shells and seaweed , splashing in the waves at the water 's edge , letting out little shrieks of excitement and then relapsing into relative quietness when food and drink were produced out of a knapsack . |
| 13 | Suspicions were got out of the way . |
| 14 | They still include many high flyers ; but Mr Cormack shows that an appreciable number are now likely to be modest attainers who were crowded out of a place at home . |
| 15 | Tim Roberts , defending , said both men bitterly regretted their actions ‘ which were born out of a moment 's folly ’ . |
| 16 | Because much of its crude is of a variety that is expensive to refine and bring to market , it is trying to lure back the foreigners who were kicked out of the business two decades ago . |
| 17 | It rained most of the time , and when we were kicked out of the youth hostel for the day we walked around and sat in bus shelters . |
| 18 | Ards enjoyed a record-breaking unbeaten run recently but were dumped out of the Wilkinson Sword League Cup semi-final by Coleraine during the week and they may find Frankie Parks ' cup rollercoaster has gathered too much steam . |
| 19 | The latter , a uniquely interesting people distinct from all their neighbours both physically and culturally , were driven out of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin by the Russo-Japanese territorial conflicts which began in the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | The Collector 's lips moved but his mind had already wandered away , besieged by practical questions … how would they manage for privies with so many people in the banqueting hall , assuming that they were driven out of the Residency ? |
| 21 | The Swiss proved to be ferocious fighters , and in 1415 the Habsburgs were driven out of the Aargau , but although Aarau was allowed to keep the rights granted by the Habsburgs , it was soon clear to the Argovians that Swiss victory merely meant they had exchanged one landlord for another . |
| 22 | Mr Browning , who believes the bronzes were smuggled out of the country and later bought by the galleries , said that he felt he had been ‘ led up the garden path ’ . |
| 23 | Thousands of objects were smuggled out of the country . |
| 24 | After the hearing the two men were smuggled out of the building to avoid journalists . |
| 25 | Over the next two days , 27 bodies were fished out of the lagoon , and a further seven were found elsewhere in Lomé . |
| 26 | Retarded complexes were cut out of the gel , incubated with PAGE-running buffer for 3 minutes at 60 C and separated on 10% polyacrylamide gels ( 18 ) . |
| 27 | These were brought back to school and curtains and rugs were cut out of the fabrics for the house , each being labelled as to the fibre , eg wool , cotton , silk , polyester , nylon . |
| 28 | When the Second War came , the Gondola and Lifeboat were stored out of the way at Fleetwood Depot , but the Bandwagon continued unilluminated to advertise various war efforts . |
| 29 | Oh I mean many of them were taken out of a book which had in the front price five and sixpence so a so I think that went very well and er I mean Jack was much encouraged by it so much so that he 's going to actually offer to do it for another organisation that he 's connected with |
| 30 | Oh and the fourth thing that happened is the timbers , core samples were taken out of the timbers and they were sent for erm dendrochronology . |